The Millennium Matrix : Reclaiming the Past, Reframing the Future of the Church (J-B Leadership Network Series)

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Summary: Connections, connections, connections.......
Review: Read it! It will do both your mind and soul good.
It isn't often I run across something like this. This is a book I wish I had written. That's the highest compliment a writer can pay to another author. Rex, my hat's off to you.

Seriously, Rex has done an absolutely marvelous job of bringing together a whole lot of complexity and laying it out in an understandable form. While his major focus is on how technology will impact how churches organizae themeselves, the lessons are equally applicable to just about any large formal organization in Western society.

It is certainly a must read for anyone trying to understand the diverse cultural mix we find oursleves living in today.

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Summary: Thriving on change
Review: Rex Miller's excellent work reminds us that we are living in an age of extra-ordinary change. His work points to the challenges we face: what will we salvage from the past (in order to stay grounded in those things which are timeless) and what changes will we embrace (so that the church does not become irrelevant).

Every pastor who is willing to re-assess the effectiveness of his or her church should spend a few days with this book, and then spend a few years working out its implications. Miller asks us to forego programs and methods and think for ourselves--how refreshing!

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Summary: Amazing and thought provoking.
Review: This is just an amazing book. It challenged me to think about the church in ways I never had before. Miller does a great job of showing the forces that have brought us to where we are today, and he has a vision for what the church must become in the future. It is a must read.